"Ghost
Chrome"
"Ghost Chrome® contains
the smallest particle makeup of any metallic coating available. These extra
small particles allow for a perfect orientation on the surface giving you the
truest metal looks of any paint available today." From the company web
site.
Ghost Chrome is a mid coat;
in other words apply your base coat and then Ghost Chrome. It seems to work
best over light to dark gray or even black. In the case of the helmet pictured
below I used a medium gray by mixing a touch of House of Kolor BC 25 Black and
BC26 white together. For helmet prep for those that do not know I removed the
trim, taped off the trim I could not remove, scuffed the helmet, cleaned it
with House of Kolor KC20 post sanding cleaner at which point it was ready to
apply my base color. For more detailed information on custom painting helmets
your best resource is AIRBRUSH
ARTIST MAGAZINE.
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With my gray base color
given time to flash we can now apply the Ghost Chrome. I used a SATA Minjet
HVLP for this; on a surface this big an airbrush will not give you the kind of
coverage you need and mini HVLP works much better. I choked the material flow
way down but kept the air flow fairly high. I had to keep checking my progress
often from different angle's to ensure I was getting a nice even coat down.
Very easy stuff to apply but as with any finish of this type care should be
taken as care this stuff is highly flammable.
With a nice even coat of
Ghost Chrome applied it's time to clear coat the helmet to protect our nice
metallic looking base color while adding graphics. You can use any good quality
clear coat; I used House of Kolor UC 35.
Give the clear coat 24 to 36
hours to dry and we are ready to add our design, art work or graphic's. I will
beading graphic's to this helmet you can read a detailed account in AIRBRUSH
ARTIST MAGAZINE soon on the steps taken to add the graphic's.
Ghost Chrome gives you a
very cool base color to add your art work over and the possibilities are only
limited by your imagination. It is a bit pricey at $211.00 a quart; a quart
doing just helmets and small surfaces will get you a long way as over gray you
get very good coverage with not much material used. I give it a thumb up and it
will add some spice to your art work so give it a try; post your results on the
forum at AIRBRUSH TECHNIQUE I'd
love to see what you come up with.
*One word of
warning make sure your base color has no flaws (scratches, pin holes) as the
Ghost Chrome will really make them stand out. Take your time and make sure you
get your base color down flawlessly.
Below is a picture of the
helmet just about completed, with grahipc's added just needs to be wet sanded
and clear coated a final time. Click on the picture for a bigger view.
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